A Scottish Soldier chords by Andy Stewart, Mike Sammes Singers

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Verse 1
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There was a soldier,
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a Scottish soldier
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Who wandered far away,
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and soldiered far away
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There was none bolder,
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with good broad shoulder
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He'd fought and money afray,
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and fought and won
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He'd seen the glory, he'd told the story
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Of battles glorious and deeds victorious
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But now he's sighing, his heart is crying
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To leave those green hills of Tyrol
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Because those green hills
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are not Highland hills
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All the island hills,
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they're not my land's hills
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As unfair as these green
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farm hills may be,
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They are not the hills of
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a home.
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And now this soldier,
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this Scottish soldier,
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Who wandered far away,
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and soldiered far away,
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His leaves are falling, and death is calling,
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And he will fade away in that far land.
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He called his piper, his trusty piper,
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And bade him sound a lay,
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A peabrock sat to play upon a hillside,
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But Scottish hillside,
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Not on those green hills of Tyrol.
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Because those green hills
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are not highland hills,
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Are the island hills,
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they're not my land's hills,
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And fair as these green
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farming hills may be,
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They are not the hills of old.
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And now this soldier,
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this Scottish soldier,
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Will wander far no more,
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and soldier far no more.
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And on a hillside, a Scottish hillside,
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You'll see a Kuiper play
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his soldier home.
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He's seen the glory, he's told the story
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Of battles glorious and deeds victorious
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The Beatles cease now,
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he is at peace now
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Far from those green hills of Tyrol
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Because those green hills
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are not Highland Hills or
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the Island Hills
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They're not my land's hills,
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and fair as these green
foreign hills may be,
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They are not the hills of home.
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Because those green hills
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are not highland hills,
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or  the island hills,
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They're not my land's hills,
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and fair as these green
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foreign hills may be,
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They are not the hills of old.